Honestly, there was something wrong with the ninja world's technological development.
Back in Kitahara Kaede's time, things like walkie-talkies already existed.
Yet most communication still relied on people delivering messages by hand.
While secrecy was certainly a factor, that path had clearly gone astray.
More than a decade had passed. Though internal combustion engines and steam locomotives had not become commonplace, many technological products had appeared here.
"Sometimes I really can't understand it. The ninja world managed to create walkie-talkies back then, so why was its productivity so backward?" Kitahara Kaede complained.
The first missions Genin carried out included jobs like pulling weeds and picking up trash.
Yet a world capable of manufacturing walkie-talkies still relied entirely on manpower for work like that.
To Kitahara Kaede, this did not feel like something a normally developing world would do. It felt more like a civilization that had been destroyed and was waiting to reemerge...
"What do you mean?" Kakashi did not quite understand what Kitahara Kaede was saying.
He understood what productivity meant, but he did not understand why Kitahara Kaede considered it backward.
Electronic products were fairly common in this world. There were cameras, movies, and even electronic display screens...
But technology seemed to have been used entirely for daily life and entertainment. Even firearms were rarely seen.
"Put it this way: electricity isn't only for screening movies. Wouldn't it be better to use it to make new farming tools?" Kitahara Kaede gave a simple example. "Electricity can be used as a source of power. If they can make movies and walkie-talkies, surely they can convert electrical energy into kinetic energy?"
Put that way, Kakashi understood somewhat.
"You mean research equipment like Orochimaru's? Kitahara Kaede, you may have some misunderstandings about electricity. More than half of that electrical power is